ESC-centric - the ESC key closes any element that is on top and opens the main panel in chat and the menu in Admin CP. On mobile, a swipe from the left edge opens the main panel in chat and the menu in Admin CP. Users can scroll with arrow keys, mouse wheel and by dragging. A double click swaps between select mode and drag to scroll mode. CTRL+SHIFT+1-9 activates rooms 1-9. CTRL+SHIFT+L/R arrows cycles through rooms.

Any file can be uploaded and posted in chat: images, audio mp3 and video mp4 that are recognized automatically and can be streamed while a link to any other file is displayed instead. Users can share and watch YouTube & Vimeo videos, Giphy GIFs, post & listen to SoundCloud tracks, playlists and AudioBoom podcasts. Users can post an address and display in chat a map (Google Maps), source code (the language is recognized and highlighted) and there is also an IRC-like /roll dice feature (up to 99d99 with sum/avg).

Channels and Rooms

Channels

A channel is a separate installation of BlaB! AX Pro. Channels are totally isolated from one another and with separate admin panels. Channels can share users, user groups (group permissions can be the same or different) and static files: emoticons, stickers, sounds etc. You can install multiple channels under one domain at no additional cost.

Rooms

Rooms are separate chat spaces under one channel. Every chatter is connected to all the rooms and receives any message posted in any room with a visual notification and a different sound notification for messages posted in background.

Voice & Video Messages

BlaB! AX Pro supports voice & video messages in Firefox, Firefox Mobile and any desktop/mobile Chromium based browser - Chrome, Chrome Mobile, Opera, Brave, Vivaldi.
The length and the quality of a voice/video message can be adjusted from the Admin CP.

Voice & video messages do NOT work in mobile apps as the required API is disabled in WebView.

Apple Safari (both desktop and mobile), Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge are NOT supported (Edge will probably switch to a Chromium engine in 2019).

On a shared hosting service with UPLOAD_MAX_SIZE=1M the length of a video message would be 10 seconds with the lowest possible quality (see our demo chats as a reference).

If you would like to integrate with another forum/CMS - contact us prior to placing your order.

BlaB! AX Pro is NOT a Module, Plugin, Add-on. It does NOT touch your forum/CMS installation so that you can upgrade it easily and even switch BlaB! AX Pro to work with another, e.g. remove phpBB and install vBulletin and by replacing a couple of variables, BlaB! AX Pro will recognize your vBulletin users the same way it did it with phpBB. The registration/login part of BlaB! AX Pro still exists. It depends on your settings whether people are allowed to register new BlaB! AX Pro accounts.

You can import user groups from your forum or CMS so that moderators are moderators in chat, those who are banned are not allowed to send chat messages etc. A Forum/CMS user enters the chat with permissions based on their PRIMARY group from your forum/CMS no matter how many groups he/she is a members of. There are also some differences:

Joomla - custom groups are NOT supported, the user is considered a member of the group (from Assigned User Groups) with the greatest ID between 1 and 9

We provide information and step-by-step instructions how to embed BlaB! AX Pro into IPS Suite 4, Joomla, MyBB, phpBB, Vanilla, vBulletin 5, Woltlab Suite, WordPress and Xenforo using an available option in their ACP to create static pages or a similar plugin.

BlaB! AX Pro Demo

BlaB! AX Pro: USD 7500

Allows you to run multiple instances under one domain.

One year support and upgrades (not a subscription; your chat will continue to work afterwards).

Download avatar packsUnzip and upload in BlaB! AX Pro /avatars. Rebuild the cache from ACP » Settings. Create your own avatars at face.co or hexatar.com. Geek avatars are provided by GoodStuffNoNonsense. All avatars are editable with Inkscape.

Download sticker packsUnzip and upload in a separate folder(s) under /stickers. Rebuild the cache from ACP » Settings. All stickers are editable with Inkscape.